US20140223808A1

US20140223808A1 - Method of Manufacturing a Reforming Fuel by Adding Water to a Fuel Oil and the Manufacturing Apparatus thereof

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Publication number: US20140223808A1
Application number: US13/781,738
Authority: US
Inventors: Shinji Hasegawa
Original assignee: Bio Hitech Energy Co
Current assignee: Bio Hitech Energy Co
Priority date: 2013-02-12
Filing date: 2013-02-28
Publication date: 2014-08-14
Also published as: KR20140101532A

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a reforming fuel by adding water to a fuel oil and a manufacturing apparatus is provided, the method and the apparatus comprising of preprocessing water in a water tank, aerating the water simultaneously in the water tank using the air previously processed by passing through ceramic catalyst, passing the water to an ultrasonic and electric field chamber, preprocessing fuel oil in a fuel oil tank with the catalyst, mixing the pre-processed water and fuel oil in a mixing chamber to produce a reforming fuel oil and passing the reforming fuel oil through one or a plurality of combination chambers.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a reforming fuel by adding water to a fuel oil and a manufacturing apparatus of environmental friendly, low cost, and multi-purpose reforming fuel.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Recently, the extensive use fossil fuel and green house effect gas pollution as negative effect brought a attention worldwide. So, a method and an apparatus of manufacturing a reforming fuel in Japanese Patent No. 2011-38000 provided by the same inventor of this application received favorable review.
Through the improvement of previous invention disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2011-38000, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus of manufacturing water-added fuel oils by mixing water and fuel oils such as diesel, kerosene and heavy fuel. This fuel oil contains different characteristics from emulsion fuel oils, disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/511,204. Thus, the problems in emulsion fuels such as loss of flame and fuel efficiency due to the separation of fuel and water, also freezing and rust problems are possibly overcome and not present in the reforming fuel manufacturing system by this invention.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An example embodiment of the present invention is comprised of a water tank that water is preprocessed, an ultrasonic and electric field chamber, a fuel tank, a mixing chamber that water and fuel are mixed together, and one or a plurality of combination chambers that the mixed fuel oil passes through.
The water tank includes the minerals comprising of silicon dioxide, silicates and halogen compounds with the size of less than 1 micro-meter. The aeration is also performed in the water tank using the air previously processed by passing through ceramic catalyst. Then, the water is sent to the ultrasonic and electric field chamber and pre-processed by the ultrasonic wave in the range of 20 kHz-40 kHz and electric field at 2000V-4000V with the catalyst that is mixed with at least one of Tourmalines, Germanium, and Radium.
Also, fuel oil in the fuel tank is pre-processed with the catalyst that is mixed with at least one of Tourmalines, Germanium, and Radium.
Continuously, the mixing chamber generates the water-added fuel oil by mixing the pre-processed water and fuel together through the agitation of a plurality of blades at 600 RPM (Revolution Per Minute).
Then finally, the reforming fuel passes through one or a plurality of combination chambers maintained at least 0.5 MPa pressure with the catalyst that is mixed with Alkaline-earth metal compound and one of transition metal compounds that contains Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ru and Rh.
The present invention comprised of simple configurable modular unit provides method and apparatus of stabilized reforming fuel oil manufacturing.
The reforming oil generates less NOx, SOx, and PM (Particulate Matter) when used in combustion process compared to original oil, thus reduces the pollution in the air.
Also, the reforming oil produced through this invention does not show the characteristics of water, thus the problems shown in emulsion fuel such as the loss of flame and fuel efficiency, less heat generation and high ignition point does not appear. Eventually, less fuel consumption, about 50% in other words, becomes possible.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only several embodiments in accordance with the disclosure and are, therefore, not to be intended to limit its scope, the disclosure will be described with specificity and detail through use of the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a flow chart illustrating a method of manufacturing a reforming fuel by adding water to a fuel oil and a manufacturing apparatus in accordance with an illustrative embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, illustrative embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing so that inventive concept may be readily implemented by those skilled in the art. However, it is to be noted that the present disclosure is not limited to the illustrative embodiments and can be realized in various other ways. In the drawing, certain parts not directly relevant to the descriptions of the present disclosure are omitted to enhance the clarity of the drawing.

[Pre-Process of Water]

In FIG. 1, a water tank 1 contains water with the temperature of 30° C.-40° C. The water tank 1 includes the minerals comprising of silicon dioxide, silicates and halogen compounds with the size of less than 1 micro-meter. The aeration is also performed in the water tank using the air previously processed by passing through ceramic catalyst.
Then the water is sent to an ultrasonic and electric field chamber and pre-processed by ultrasonic wave in the range of 20 kHz-40 kHz and electric field at 2000V-4000V with the catalyst that is mixed with at least one of Tourmalines, Germanium, and Radium.
Silica, Alumina, Magnesia, and Iron are powdered with the size of less than 1 micro-meter as examples of the minerals comprising of silicon dioxide, silicates and halogen compounds so that the water is pre-processed to be pH value of 6.5-7.5 and ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potential) to be 90-110.

[Pre-Process of Fuel Oil]

In FIG. 1, a fuel tank 3 contains fuel oil such as diesel, kerosene and heavy fuel with the temperature of 30° C.-40° C. and the fuel oil in the fuel tank 3 is pre-processed with the catalyst that is mixed with at least one of Tourmalines, Germanium, and Radium.
In the past, the technology of emulsion fuel utilized a method that the water was added to fuel oil using chemical emulsifier. But, 300 Kgf/cm2 (=30 MPa) of high pressure had to be applied in the process.
The present embodiment provided in this specification, applying ultrasonic wave in the range of 20 kHz-40 kHz and electric field at 2000V-4000V with the catalyst onto water, finally proved in repeated experiments that water was able to be added to fuel in the form of atomization with the size of less than 50 micro-meter, with only 1/100 of the pressure required compared to emulsion fuel process, also without the need of emulsifier.
The technology used in this embodiment is named to OHR (Original Hydrodynamic Reaction) by the inventor.

[Mixing Process]

In FIG. 1, a mixing chamber 6 is connected to two conduits 4, 5; the conduit 4 delivering pre-processed water that previously passes through the water tank 1 and the ultrasonic wave and electric field chamber 2; the conduit 5 delivering pre-processed fuel oil.
The mixing chamber 6 generates the reforming fuel oil by mixing both pre-processed water and fuel homogeneously through a plurality of blades 7 with the rotation at 600 RPM (Revolution Per Minute).

[Combination Process]

Then finally, the water-added fuel passes through one or a plurality of combination chambers 8, 9, 10 maintained at 0.5 MPa pressure.
The combination chambers 8, 9, 10 contains the catalyst that is mixed with Alkaline-earth metal compound and one of transition metal compounds that contains Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ru, Rh. These metals usually have the characteristics of high melting temperature and magnetism, which is effective as a catalyst in this process.
Also, the catalyst in the combination chamber 7, 8, 9 is different from the ones used in previous process. As a result, it is shown in the experiment that stabilized and atomized reforming fuel is easily produced.
The reforming fuel oil produce by the present embodiment is different from emulsified fuel. There are no characteristics of water shown in the final reformed fuel oil, even water is added up to 50% of fuel oil.
Finally, the present invention comprised of simple configurable modular unit provides a method and an apparatus of stabilized reforming fuel oil generation.
The above description of the illustrative embodiments is provided for the purpose of illustration, and it would be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without changing technical conception and essential features of the illustrative embodiments. Thus, it is clear that the above-described illustrative embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and do not limit the present disclosure. For example, each component described to be of a single type can be implemented in a distributed manner. Likewise, components described to be distributed can be implemented in a combined manner.
The scope of the inventive concept is defined by the following claims and their equivalents rather than by the detailed description of the illustrative embodiments. It shall be understood that all modifications and embodiments conceived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are included in the scope of the inventive concept.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a reforming fuel by adding water to a fuel oil, the method comprising the steps of:

preprocessing water in a water tank, wherein the water tank includes minerals comprising of silicon dioxide, silicates and halogen compounds with the size of less than 1 micro-meter;

aerating the water simultaneously in the water tank using the air previously processed by passing through ceramic catalyst;

passing the water to an ultrasonic and electric field chamber, wherein the ultrasonic wave is applied in the range of 20 kHz-40 kHz and electric field at 2000V-4000V with the catalyst mixed with at one of Tourmalines, Germanium, and Radium;

preprocessing fuel oil in a fuel oil tank with the catalyst that is mixed with one of Tourmalines, Germanium, and Radium;

mixing the pre-processed water and fuel oil in a mixing chamber to produce a reforming fuel oil through the agitation of a plurality of blades at 600 RPM; and

passing the reforming fuel oil through one or a plurality of combination chambers, wherein the pressure is maintained at 0.5 MPa and the combination chambers contain the catalyst mixed with Alkaline-earth metal compound and one of transition metal compounds that contains Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ru and Rh.

2. A manufacturing apparatus of a reforming fuel oil by adding water to a fuel oil, the manufacturing apparatus comprising:

a water tank that water is preprocessed;

an ultrasonic and electric field chamber connected to the water tank;

a fuel tank that fuel oil is preprocessed;

a mixing chamber connected to the ultrasonic and electric field chamber and the fuel tank;

one or a plurality of combination chambers connected to the mixing chamber;

wherein the water tank includes the minerals comprising of silicon dioxide, silicates and halogen compounds with the size of less than 1 micro-meter and the aeration is performed in the water tank using the air previously processed by passing through ceramic catalyst,

wherein the ultrasonic and electric field chamber pre-process the water by the ultrasonic wave in the range of 20 kHz-40 kHz and electric field at 2000V-4000V with the catalyst that is mixed with at least one of Tourmalines, Germanium, and Radium,

wherein fuel oil in the fuel tank is pre-processed with the catalyst that is mixed with one of Tourmalines, Germanium, and Radium,

wherein the mixing chamber generates a reforming fuel oil by mixing the pre-processed water and fuel together through the agitation of a plurality of blades at 600 RPM, and

wherein the reforming fuel passes through one or a plurality of combination chambers maintained at least 0.5 MPa pressure with the catalyst that is mixed with Alkaline-earth metal compound and one of transition metal compounds that contains Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ru and Rh.